Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1887-06-15
rHE DELAwARE o0LLxGE.
Meeting Of the bsssa, Of Trustses-Th
Faculty hequested to RsssGu.

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FACULTY hequssted to RsssGu.
The annual meeting OF the trustees ol
Della ware College was held in the ptest-
dents room ct the College In Newark,
yesterday. There were but fsur sbsen
and thote preseus Weee - fol ows:
DEL. p Bush and DR. q. Elton Buck
Of this city; DR.. N. II. CLARK, 8 M.
Curtip, ESQ. George @. Evans, Esq
John II Williamson, David j. Mnrphey,
tsq and DR.. N 9. NJ Kollock OF
Newark Judge John W. Houston,
Maniovs Hayes, John r Ntcho lson,
ESQ and John B. Pennington, ESQ ., ol
Dove: DR.. W. q. Purnell. Of Frederick,
Md; George W Cruikshauk OF Elktou,
Md; DR.. p. d. Key ser, Of Phiiadel.
pbia; Or. George W. Marshall and VIII.
| liam Z. Causey Of Milford; Governor
B. T. HiRas and John A. Rsy nolds,
ESQ Of Mtddlot0wn; John q. Stock
LEY, Of Smyrna; sx Governor Chsrles @.
S.ockley and K r Psynter, ESQ of
laeorgetowo; Dr.. Hugh Martin OF g sa =.
ford, and President j. Il. Caldwell.
All the old officers we're re elected %
follows: President. DR. Lewis P. Bush
Vice President, John =. Williamson, /,
Esq Secretary and Treasurer, George
Il. Evans The standing com IN itteee
M ade their reports and they were re.
ceivsd and filed. The report Of the
Treasurer showed that the college, Is In
In excellent financial condition.
DR.. Oaldw submittsd hts annual
report ss president OF the institution.
In 1t he mAte two recon- mend stious:
That women be admitted TO the institu-
tion aud that the prot OF che mistry
receive fixed salary. ~ the other pro.
fessors, and turn over the per- quiaitea OF
the office into the college treasury
These recommendations we're recei we'd
In silence.
The regular business was then pro.
ceeded with until the election Of pro.
fessors and teachers WAS reached, W hen
DR.. CAdw ell aIose and said that he had
some hing he wishe ed to say concerning
bis relations with the faculty, and .
motion made by one Of the trustees to
invite the faculty In to hear what WAS
said concerning them was carried. Pro.
frssors Wolf. Benton, Chester and
Harter came In. and Dr. Caldwell be.
gan to read from q voluminous mAss of
manuscript rs fo!lows:
"At the adjourned meeting OF the
board Of trustees, on the 9Th OF April, q
resolution was adopted urging on all
the members OF this faculty the duty OF
worn ing harmouiously for the good OF
the college In all good cons scisnce be.
fore God and man have endeav ored TO
conform to that requiramont Yet the
faculty have not been united nor
worked In harmony, aud the time has
come when it Is my solemn duty to dis
clo'e TO you the real cause OF tdis lack
| II harmony. Now II any OF you have
ccms here with rour miEds made up
and purpose fixed for listening to one
sided statements. such as I know have
been made to eoms OF you, all ask ia
hat you hear with justice and irnpar.
tisltty my relation OF he circumstance
on which my solemn convictiobs ars
based. There has been bat one prlnci.
pal souTcc Of all the trouble have had
In this college since took charge of 10
That source Ia the course pursued by
one man and he a member OF sbs fac.
ulty. That man IL DIR. Wolf. But for
him should not have had any trouble
sith any other professor
At this point DR. Wolf arose and re-.
marked, "This is too personal for me, -
and left the room, and was followed by
seversl OF the trustees. President
Csld we'll then proce eded as folio WI:
"All the discord that has existed here
had It's beginning Just before and dur.
ing our commencement last year, and
l, has grown with increasing intensity
ever since.
"a youth who was an irregular mem
ber OF the junior class, and has q bad
record here, rs our min utes show, made
q verbal request OF me for the use OF
the college oratory for "Oom m ence.
ment Ball l refused It fer good and
sufficient reasons, but In day or two,
not satisfied with my reasons, ne made
3 written application and req uested q
written ans ~er, thus intimating b Is
purpose to have me on the record.
gratified him, and In writing again re.
fused the request Soon after this l
WAS visited BY Professors Wolf and
Harter, who brought aDo:her letter
from the same boy, repeating the same
req uest.
"Of course l again refused 1t and
with strone or emphasis than before. !
was annoy ed by the bold persistency oil
the boy. and surprised that two profes
sors should condesoend to bear mes
sage In writing from one whom their
own vote had previo asly condem u cd foI
| misdemeanOr. Their conduct WAS a
ularing disrs.ard Of my religious scru
pies, and could discern at the bottom
OF IL . sinister design, especially on the
part OF Wolf. He WAS disappointed,
AID anger was kindled Ia his looks RI d
| manner But even his anger could not
| induce me to turn this college into q
dance house. From that moment / read
the man through and through, and took
The dimensions Of that subtle crafttnesa
which have traced through all bis in
tricste method from that day to this.
The day after this ipteI view with
the two professors was visited Dy the
resident members of the Prudential
oommitt ttee, Of which ! am chsirmau,
who asked me to grant the boys re-.
quest, and said the faculty would take
the whole responsibility. 1 told them
plainly that In such matter the faculty
could not take my responsi bility, that
the public would not kno " them but
look to me, blame me aud mark my In
consistency aS . minister OF the Gospel
and member Of . church whose disci
pine is opposed to balls.
This was nov the fourth time tha,
mad been pressed, urged and harrassed
on this question, notwithstanding my
conecientiouss scruples which every one
OF the parties knew very well nc the
hme. Nevertheless, from that time ont
member OF that committee, who Il
wholly under the influence OF DR.. W off
mas been my most determined opponent
snd went 30 far last winter as TO ask q
tfiend of mine If had received an
anonymous letter asking me TO resisu
nov we begin to see the character oI
Dr. VOLTS policy aud the methods by
which II must be wrought out.
well, did my answer to the Prudep
ual Committee safety Dr.. Wolf
Not at all. At a rsxula,
meeting of the faculty few dayi
iater the secretary read another lettsi